Walt “Clyde” Frazier said he’d been “meandering” all day on Wednesday, one day after the loss of his longtime friend and teammate, Willis Reed.
“I turned the TV off today because every time I looked up there was Willis. I had to turn the phone off. Everybody’s calling,” the 77-year-old Frazier said. “I’m happy to be at the game. Maybe that’ll give me three hours where I can just react and not really [think about it].”
“Got me a date. It was a night I’ll never forget,” Frazier said. “He was that type of person. I copied his handwriting, the way he writes his name. His tenacity on the court, always giving 110 percent, how he dealt with you guys [in the media] and the fans. He was a tremendous role model for me in that respect.
“But more than anything it was the personal things,” Frazier continued. “We know about his exploits as a player, but as a person he was even better. You always had the rookie room with him, taking him under his wing. Even with me, he’d take me out. He was a big guy on going out, wining and dining, taking me out, telling me about the nuances of the game early on — and how he was going to kick my butt if I didn’t guard Oscar [Robertson].
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